The flag of Austria is three equal horizontal bands of red (top),
white, and red.

Austria - Background Information

Once the centre of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire,
Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I.

Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation
by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade.

A State Treaty, signed in 1955, ended the occupation, recognised
Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that
same year declared the country's 'perpetual neutrality' as a condition for Soviet military
withdrawal.

The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the
European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality.